The Vancouver Food Policy Council would like to welcome and congratulate the newly-elected and returning City Councilors, Park Board Commissioners and School Board Trustees.

In the lead up to the municipal election we sent all candidates a survey to ask what their food priorities are, what they will commit to, and their strategies to address pressing issues in our city. The Vancouver Food Policy Council would like to thank Camil Dumont, Christine Boyle, Brandon Yan, Justin P. Goodrich, Kennedy Stewart and Estrellita Gonzalez for taking the time to participate in our survey.

To begin to build accountability between the new City Council and the Food Movement, here are the answers to the questions we asked, from those candidates who were elected and are now acting as City Councillors, Park Board Commissioners and School Board Trustees. We look forward to beginning our work together in Vancouver.

1. What do you think Vancouver’s role is in advancing just and sustainable food systems? Please rank from 1 (least important) to 5 (most important)

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

Invest in urban food projects through grants and funding: 4

Develop innovative new policies and regulations to create a just and sustainable food system: 5

Increase public awareness of the link between local food and a healthy environment: 5

Increase city and neighbourhood food assets by 50%: 4

Advocate to Provincial and Federal Government: 4

2. One in six BC children lives in a food insecure household, and poor nutrition negatively affects people across the socio-economic spectrum. We also know that better nutrition enables better learning. Despite this, British Columbia does not have a universal school food program for public school children. What will you do to ensure school-aged children have access to local, healthy meals?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

No child should ever want for food to eat. We need to make this a priority. That kids are going hungry in this city is outrageous. We need to work with the organizations that are already effectively tackling this issue and figure out how to increase their scope. We need to assist in making the funding happen for programs that ensure kids get what they need.

I would support the existing food programs and press the provincial government to do more, especially for children in vulnerable groups.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

As a VSB Trustee running again, one of my key issues is food quality. I would work with our Park Board and City Council to look at ways of using public land including schools to host gardens on every school and include things like bees where possible. This food could be used by VSB to be made onsite at a culinary school (or commissary idea) and distributed to our schools for school cafeterias and food programs for vulnerable kids. We could hire a Nutritionist to provide nutritious meal plans and develop a program throughout the VSB to leverage our facilities, work with non-profit groups and the MOE to develop a food policy for schools.

3. Goal 10 of the Greenest City Action Plan was for Vancouver to become a global leader in urban food systems and in 2018 the Food Sector was the fastest growing green job sector. What do you think the City can do to support marginalized and vulnerable people working in the food system?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

That’s a great question. I’m an urban farmer professionally and I am one of the people this question is talking about. I think the city could identify the food assets that fit its criteria and then work to encourage and develop policy that incentivizes the identified projects and enables them to flourish.

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

OneCity supports equity-based micro-employment programs, such as SoleFood’s urban agriculture efforts, United We Can’s green recycling jobs, and more, that seek to provide support and flexibility for marginalized and vulnerable people seeking meaningful work. As well we will fight hard for more low-income housing and supports, so that people can have the housing security necessary to transition to stable work.

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

I will continue with the Greenest City action plan and continue to press for an increase to the minimum wage.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

Hire and teach them. Give them plots to manage.

4. What do you think the City can do to play a bigger role in protecting/valuing farming in the region given the City’s reliance on BC farms for their food?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

Define what exactly “local-sustainable” food means and what it looks like. Develop metrics formulated to calculate which models most support local-sustainable farms. Then build incentives for the restaurant and/or food distribution sectors to support whatever criteria has been developed. Make sure the market (the city) is in partnership with local and sustainable food producers (usually rural spaces.)

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

It’s important that the City of Vancouver support protection of ALR lands, and work collaboratively across the region and the province to lift up the importance of that land and of British Columbia agriculture.

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

I want to work to protect the Agricultural Land reserve and make sure these lands are used for farming and not for residential development.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

Protect ALR land, encourage the buying of food produced within 50 kms, encourage organic food or growing our own, we can and should!

5. The City is in consultation around how to plan for the False Creek Flats Arterial Route (east-west). The VFPC sees the food distribution businesses (‘Produce Row’) situated on and adjacent to Malkin Ave as essential food assets that support our Province’s access to healthy food. Pending the results of the consultation process – would you vote to protect Malkin Ave and “Produce Row’?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner: Yes

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor: Yes

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor: Yes

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee:

6. One-third of the food produced in our food system is never consumed. The food system also contributes significantly to plastic waste in the form of packaging and single-use containers. Food-system waste is an economic, social and environmental problem that occurs in all sectors the food system. How can the City enable small businesses to tackle the food waste and plastics used in serving food?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

Make it easy for that food that is potentially going to be wasted to be prepared and used. Even if it has to be a charity model at times, so be it. It’s not ok that in our community we have people dealing with chronic food insecurity while at the same time large amounts of edible food is wasted. I would need to see specific cases to elaborate further but there is no excuse for the powerful and the privileged amongst us to ignore this issue. I consider the City very powerful. In addition, we need a massive reduction in packaging and plastics of all kind.

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

Increasing the number of food sorting bins throughout main streets, and food sorting/compost/recycling options for small businesses. OneCity is also proposing a differential tax rate that would mean small and local businesses pay less business tax than global multinational companies. We hope to take some pressure off small businesses, while having the city work with them to implement greener business options. More here: http://www.onecityvancouver.ca/protectlocalbusiness

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

I will follow the work the city is currently doing to reduce food waste and plastics used in serving food.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

Better recycling, encourage programs that could pick up food destined for the dump. This is being done all over the world.

7. Indigenous food systems continue to be eroded through ongoing colonialism. Indigenous communities are raising concerns regarding the negative impacts of development and extraction projects on their ability to maintain traditional foodlands and waterways. How can the City encourage Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Vancouver?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

Mostly listen and value the the input of indigenous food system experts. And if that means spending some money, so be it. Food and food systems are at the root of health. If we are going to commit to the effort that is reconciliation and hopefully one day true de-colonialization we have to be willing to change. We also have to agree as a community that we will absorb some of the costs that will inevitably come with that change. That’s ok. It’s important.

With such a large Indigenous population, acknowledging the Indigenous food traditions, we should amplify these traditions and ensure they are part of local food traditions.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

Work with them and find out what THEY want. We are incorporating more indigenous knowledge into the school curriculum, this will help our kids to learn about indigenous people, their history and culture.

8. Food insecurity is directly linked to the unacceptable rates of poverty in BC. In October 2014, City Council adopted a poverty reduction target and in 2015 committed to develop a poverty reduction plan as part of the Healthy City Action Plan (2015-2018). If elected, would you commit to implementing a comprehensive poverty reduction plan with targets and timelines within the next term of office? If yes, what will be your first actions to implement this strategy?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner

I am running for Park Board so the angle is a little different from some other offices, however, it is very much there. Public space like parks are often the front line for social issues and often a space where people in a desperate state of poverty end up, i.e. living in public spaces. I think we all need to work together to reduce poverty here at home, in BC. I think the Park Board need to be an open and willing partner within a collaborative team of public institutions that takes this issue on. We need to act on recommendations made from community sources and incorporate poverty reduction models that have proven successful in other jurisdictions. We need to make evidence-based decisions regarding poverty reduction that have been informed by rigorous research. We also need community centres to be hubs for all. Access and support in our community spaces must reach out tothe most vulnerable among us in a way that is equitable, does not shame or discriminate and provides welcome and dignity.

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

Yes. The City should continue to advocate provincially for a more bold poverty reduction strategy, while strengthening municipal actions including quickly ramping up the building of Temporary Modular Housing, supporting the development of truly affordable non-market housing in every neighbourhood of the city, and more: http://www.onecityvancouver.ca/affordable_city

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

The Province has released a poverty action plan and we will work to ensure it is completely implemented in the City of Vancouver.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

At VSB we need to be partners in this.

9. The climate is changing faster than we are and significant mitigation and adaptation action is required for agriculture and food systems. In the upcoming term, how will you integrate food supply issues into the Resilience Strategy and the Renewable City Strategy and ensure that the City’s most marginalized and vulnerable are considered?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner:

We need to make sure sustainable food systems are developed here in our city. We need to re-invent our relationship with dominant, industrial food. We need to re-imagine our relationship with food animals. We need to acknowledge that every person has the right to healthy food. People need access to food produced in ways that aren’t choking the climate and poisoning land and water. We need to agree on this as a priority. We need to accept that food systems are a massive window into issues of ecological, economic and social justice. Food is sacred and it connects us all. If we can find a way to feed ourselves sustanably we will manage to solve many other problems as well. Access to truly health food must be universal.

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

OneCity believes that we need to take bold action in addressing the climate crisis. We will continue to support the direction that Council has taken on Greenest City efforts, while pushing for more of an equity lens, so that it doesn’t feel like environmental efforts are further squeezing low-income people out. Additionally, we want Vancouver to join the campaign to hold big oil companies accountable for their fair share of the costs of climate impacts: http://www.onecityvancouver.ca/climatechangeadaptation

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

Yes, we must protect the Agricultural Land reserve to make sure it is as productive as possible for our and future generations. One of the best ways to tackle climate change is to ensure the food we eat is produced locally and we need to make sure we promote this principle within our region.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

VSB can tie into this.

10. Is there any food system issue that is of most interest to you?

Camil Dumont, Green Party, Elected Parks Board Commissioner:

The entire food system and its study is a very big part of my life. What we need is for sustainable food to become dominant food. Right now, the dominant, industrial food system is hurting us on so many levels. And sustainable food, though gaining presence, is still on the fringes of our consumption paradigm. We need to invert that ratio.

Christine Boyle, OneCity, Elected City Councillor

My background (Christine) is in Urban Agriculture (running the school and community garden at Grandview Elementary, and working with families there to move forward Indigenous food sovereignty efforts). I’m passionate about systemic changes that re-localize our food systems, AND I really love cooking and tending to food-gardens with people.

Kennedy Stewart, Independent, Elected Mayor

I want to make sure the most vulnerable people in our city get nutritious meals they need to move their lives forward in a productive and positive way.

Estrellita Gonzalez, Green Party, Elected School Board Trustee

Food quality and location (where is it coming from).

We thank all the candidates for their time and look forward to working with our elected officials on continuing to build a just and sustainable food system!

The Vancouver Food Policy Council (VFPC) is an official civic agency that advises City Council on issues relating to food policy and systems. As per our City of Vancouver mandate, this includes food for all residents that is “safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate,” and is “produced, processed, marketed, consumed, and waste products reused or managed in amanner that protects the health and dignity of people.”(1)

We write this letter in solidarity with the Latin American community’s response to the opening of the restaurant Escobar (4245 Fraser Street) in May 2018. As evidenced by early marketing materials(2 3), the owners named the restaurant after the infamous narco terrorist and mass murderer, Pablo Escobar. This generated criticism from thousands of members of the Latin American communities and allies in BC, Canada, and around the world(4).

Five months have passed since its opening, and the question remains: how is a restaurant,
whose owners claim no ties to the Latin American community, allowed to operate while bearing the name of a known terrorist and murderer? The unwillingness of the business owners to engage in dialogue with members of the Latin American community after many attempts, and antagonistic responses towards those who have raised questions about their business, contradict what we believe to be a just and sustainable food system built on respect and dignity.

Escobar restaurant’s publicity strategy glorifies violence, and has leveraged outrage and shock for its own benefit; this ignores the trauma of people affected by drug trafficking and the war on drugs. As has extensively been reported in media (5) and beyond, this choice of name makes light of a painful period in Colombia’s history under the guise of entertainment; it trivializes the oppressive infrastructures set up by Escobar during his reign of terror, which continue to affect people’s lives in Colombia and around the world to this day.

When a restaurant is named after someone who is responsible for heinous crimes, mass
displacement and the death of thousands of people, it automatically targets, victimizes, and alienates members of the community who have been affected by those historical events. Under these circumstances, the business does not operate under the key principles of the Vancouver Food Charter (2007) : the food is not (6) safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate; the business threatens people’s dignity and personal and social well-being, and fails to reflect meaningful dialogue between community and the food sector.

We highlight that the Colombian Embassy in Canada, the Consulate of Colombia in Vancouver, and thousands of members of the Latin American community have spoken out to show their discontent with the name of the restaurant as demonstrated through this petition (7). The response by the restaurant team so far has been to stand by their culturally inappropriate decision and ignore the request to reconsider the name, while actively silencing any questions and critiques. They block and delete comments and reviews from concerned community members on social media. Many members of Vancouver’s Latin American community have been victims of insults, racist and discriminatory remarks, and even threats to their safety in retaliation for standing up for their rights.

As our guiding Vancouver Food Charter (2007) states, “Sharing food is a fundamental human experience. Food brings people together in celebrations of community and diversity (8).” A restaurant that is named after a known terrorist and glorifies drug trafficking culture, as in the case of Escobar, cannot be a cause for celebration. The VFPC is committed to supporting members of the Latin American community to research and develop strategies via which food-businesses, as part of their licensing process, should be required to address critical questions before they open. Such as: What is the inspiration behind the name? What are the cultural and historical implications? How does it fit in the overall brand? Is the marketing plan exploitative and discriminatory?

Vancouver is a city of great diversity, and is home to people of many cultures. The VFPC recognizes and affirms the connection between food, sustainability, and the complex cultural and historical experiences of Vancouver’s people. It also recognizes that culturally appropriative marketing practices in the food and beverage industry contribute to the marginalization of Indigenous and people of colour, including erasing their histories, experiences, and voices (9).

There is opportunity in the current dialogue for Vancouver, as an international leader in
sustainable urban food systems (acknowledged through the 2016 Milan Urban Food Policy Pact award ), to lead the way in developing guidelines to affirm (10) that culturally
harmful food marketing practices do not have a place in a just and sustainable food system. As the Vancouver Food Charter (2007) reminds us “[w]hen citizens are engaged in dialogue and action around food security, and governments are responsive to their communities’ concerns and recommendations, sound food policy can be developed and implemented in all sectors of the food system and the community(11).”

We call on all members of the food, beverage, entertainment and hospitality industry to:

1. Recognize that food and beverages, their names, the way they are prepared and served, are closely tied to people’s cultural identities, and thus need to be approached with respect. Entrepreneurs who plan to open a food business, such as a restaurant, that aims to focus on food traditions that are not their own, should be responsible for understanding the historical context and cultural complexity of the culture they want to borrow from; it should be about honouring culture and not exploiting it.

2. Strive to create spaces for meaningful engagement with local diasporic communities to
understand the heritage, historical context, and traditions, locally and globally, allowing for better-informed business practices that move beyond tokenism, hurtful stereotypes, and appropriation to sell products and services.

3. Stand in solidarity, listen to members of diverse communities when they voice concerns,
engage in respectful conversations, instead of marginalizing, stigmatizing or silencing people who decide to speak out.

And finally, we call on the City of Vancouver within its powers and through advocacy to the provincial government to review and take action on the concerns we have laid out.

Sincerely and in solidarity,

The Vancouver Food Policy Council
*The opinions expressed here do not represent those of the City of Vancouver.

The current term of the Vancouver Food Policy Council is coming to an end as we will be dissolving on November 5th. It is up to the new Mayor and City Council to decide whether the VFPC and all the City’s other advisory committees will be reformed or not. If we are, stay tuned for details of how to apply to join the VFPC in the new year.

This is a special meeting as we will be wrapping up some of the actions and priorities we’ve focused on as a council, including: proposing a new membership structure for the Vancouver Food Policy Council, and food on the Vancouver municipal election agenda.

As usual, this is a public meeting members of the community at large are very welcome to.

The Vancouver Food Policy Council is pleased to partner with the UBC School of Social Work to offer this unique panel discussion as part of the 2018 Sustenance Festival.

Join us for an evening of conversation with authors Graham Riches and Andy Fisher. Both of their recently published books critically explore the root causes of food insecurity in the Global North. Their work puts the adequacy of food banks on trial as a primary solution to this nation-wide issue. We will hear from both authors, and open up the room for conversation and questions from the audience.

Andy Fisher is a leading national expert on community food security in the USA, and author of the recently published Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti Hunger Groups (MIT Press, 2017). He is a co-founder of the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC), which has successfully brought together food security advocates across the country and influenced federal nutritional legislation. More recently he served as the Executive Director at Portland Fruit Tree Program (2015-2017). Andy Fisher currently consults on various food system organizations and speaks throughout North America about his vision for addressing hunger.

Graham Riches is a former Director of UBC’s School of Social Work (1998 – 2008), and author of Food Bank Nations: Poverty, Corporate Charity and the Right to Food (Routledge, 2018). He is a co-founder of Vancouver Food Policy Council and has written extensively about food poverty in Canada and first world hunger in wealthy nation states from a right to food perspective.

The Wild Salmon Caravan is coming to Vancouver this weekend, and we hope you can join in the festivities – as a participant, volunteer, or both!

The Caravan is an annual celebration that follows and celebrates wild salmon as they migrate all the way from the Salish Sea to the Adams River. It stops in communities along the way, and will begin in Vancouver on Saturday, September 22 with a lively splash of creativity and cultural expressions of reverence for wild salmon. We hope to see you there!

Calling All Volunteers
Can you lend a hand? There are lots of ways to get involved, whether it’s helping with set up, preparing the feast or child care.
Take a peek at the Volunteer Schedule here!
OR email the volunteer coordinator, Amy Schwab directly – aschwab01@hotmail.com

“We acknowledge that we are on the unceded homelands of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and we give thanks for their generosity and hospitality on these lands”

“We acknowledge that we are on the unceded homelands of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and we give thanks for their generosity and hospitality on these lands”

2

Honouring of Will Jung

10 min

6:10-20

3

Approve minutes from June meeting

5 min

6:20-25

4

Liaison Updates

15 min

6:25-40

City Councillors – Adriane Carr & Heather Deal

Parks Board Commissioner – Michael Wiebe

Parks Board Staff – Megan Herod

VSB Trustee – Joy Alexander

City Staff – Sarah Carten

Vancouver Coastal Health – Claire Gram

Ministry of Agriculture – Lindsay Bisschop

5

Park Board Update – Local Food Action Plan

20 min

6:40-7:00

6

Sustenance Festival Report

10 min

7:00-10

7

Escobar Restaurant Update

10 min

7:10-20

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Break

10 min

7:20-30

9

VFPC 2018 Key Priorities Council Engagement

55 min

7:30-8:25

Reconciliation & Decolonizing the Vancouver Food System

Food on the Election Table

Membership Structure

(Each group will have 10 minutes to caucus and 15 minutes to engage the entire VFPC in dialogue on their priority)

As part of our Council’s cultural competency training, the Vancouver Food Policy Council meeting on June 20th will be closed to the public as our members participate in a workshop on Indigenous food systems with Dawn Morrison. Dawn Morrison is of Secwepemc ancestry and she is the Director of the Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty.

Following the workshop, we will have some resources, books and more information to share on this topic, so please stay tuned!

We look forward to seeing you at the next Vancouver Food Policy Council meeting on July 18th.

The venue and washrooms are wheelchair accessible. Gender neutral washrooms are available on-site.

Tickets are $15 – available through Eventbrite. Share the event with friends and family on Facebook.

We acknowledge that we are on the unceded, occupied, ancestral and traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.

As we strive to understand our own relationships to each other and the land through food, it is important for us to also recognize the historical and ongoing colonization and settlement of Indigenous peoples and lands that make it possible for us to be here as settlers.

About the Film

All Our Father’s Relations (祖根父脈) is a documentary film telling the story of the Grant siblings’ journey to rediscover their father’s roots and to better understand his fractured relationship with their xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) mother. Raised primarily in the traditions of the Musqueam people, the Grant family and their story reveals the shared struggles of migrants and Aboriginal peoples today and in the past.

Panel Discussion + Special Guests

Join us afterwards for a panel discussion with Alexandra Henao-Castrillon, Hayne Wai and Howard E. Grant to explore how the erasure of Indigenous and minority communities’ food contributions impacts current society and actions.

Alexandra Henao-Castrillon is originally from Colombia. She has worked supporting and advocating for migrant farm workers in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley for the last 6 years. She is a founding member of the Migrant Workers’ Dignity Association

Hayne Wai is a longtime advocate, researcher, and author on Vancouver’s Chinatown and Strathcona. He is a founding member and past president of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC and a former board trustee of the Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden and continues his involvement with both organizations. Hayne worked for the federal and provincial governments and was more recently a sessional instructor at UBC’s Faculty of Education. He has served on government, post-secondary and community committees on anti-racism, diversity, human rights and multiculturalism including the recent city advisory committee on Historical Discrimination Against Chinese in Vancouver. Panelists and participants will explore topics ranging from Reconciliation efforts, migrant farm labour organizing, and other challenges we are facing in just and sustainable food systems.

Howard E. Grant was born and raised in the Musqueam community. He was one of the fortunate children who did not attend residential school, giving him the benefit of learning his culture, values and teachings from his elders in his every day life. Mr. Grant is his family’s cultural speaker and is a historian and cultural leader of his extended family. As a result of this, Howard was given the honour by the elders of his extended family to carry the name qiyəplenəxʷ, a name known and respected throughout Coast Salish territories. Mr. Grant is currently the Executive Director of the First Nations Summit. The First Nations Summit is comprised of a majority of First Nations and Tribal Councils in British Columbia, providing a forum to address issues related to Aboriginal Title, Rights and Treaty negotiations as well as other issues of common concern. He is also a long serving member of Council from his home community of Musqueam.

Sarah Ling was born and raised as a 4th generation Chinese Canadian in Prince Rupert, B.C. on Tsimshian territory. She is a Project Manager with an Indigenous focus at the University of British Columbia at St. John’s College as well as Student Housing and Hospitality Services, where she produces and manages both Indigenous and Chinese Canadian storytelling initiatives. She is the lead Producer of All Our Father’s Relations, and was recently elected President of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of B.C

“We acknowledge that we are on the unceded homelands of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and we give thanks for their generosity and hospitality on these lands”

2

Approve minutes from April meeting

5 min

6:10-6:15

3

Liaison Updates

15 min

6:15-6:30

City Councillors – Adriane Carr & Heather Deal

Parks Board Commissioner – Michael Wiebe

Parks Board Staff – Megan Herod

VSB Trustee – Joy Alexander

City Staff – Sarah Carten

Vancouver Coastal Health – Claire Gram

Ministry of Agriculture – Lindsay Bisschop

4

Working Group Updates

10 min

6:30-6:40

Election Priority

5

Letter of Support (motion)

5 min

6:40-6:45

Request to co-sponsor event with Graham Riches & Andy Fisher ‘Domestic Hunger in the USA and Canada. Towards Food and Social Justice’ as a part of the Vancouver Food Summit on October 2nd